Is IMAX better than 1080p? what resolution are they film?

[Liquid-Prince]

Originally Posted by 4K2K

There's no need to be rude.
If you think wikipedia's definition of resolution is wrong you are free to change it. There are many definitions of resolution where it basically says it's how much resolvable detail something is able to produce. Even the resolution of analogue video. Look up definitions of resolution on the web.

Here's webster's definition:

As in my example:
making distinguishable the individual parts of an object=the individual posts in a picket fence as recorded by a picket fence.

It was not my intention to be rude. Here I will explain it one more time. You have a piece of film with a certain amount of exposed image. You can scan that film to whatever resolution that you want. It's just that if the image is not any more detailed then it is because of the small exposure then it won't make a difference. The film is just too small to expose any more image and it will be the same no matter what resolution it's scanned at. Then in comes bigger film stocks which are designed to counter balance scanning movies at higher resolutions.

Hope that's clear.